Wise frozen bravado in Laura's forge of wieners and pathos! / Black tea

Interesting racks of the night: DRAWRIND, against Matthew S. [read this as "draw rind"] / GOATSHIP, against Dawn W. [read this as "goat ship"]


High-scoring words of the night:

WISES (152 points) - against Judy A. [two 4W, hook off TOTAL for a plural]
FROZE (720 points) - against Beth M. [4W, two 3W]
BRAVADO (286 points) - against Nancy A. [two 4W, hook off MI to make AMI]
ELISION (164 points) - against Rhonda P. [two 4W, hook off BREW for a plural]
FORGE (150 points; 3W, 5W; a good deficit-erasing word!), INPUT (550 points; 4W, 5W, 3W, hook off BIMBO to make OI) - against Scott F.
PIA (165 points) - against Wendy H. [two 5W - one used twice, hook off DAK to make AD]
WIENER (100 points; 5W, 2W), OAKEN (200 points; 5W, 4W; a good deficit-erasing word!) - against Ashley H.
NOTIFY (135 points) - against Sharon R. [two 3W]
PATHOS (292 points) - against Dawn W. [two 4W - one used twice, hook off LOVER to make PLOVER]
HEROIN (108 points) - against Dianne S. [two 3W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
ZAPPY (126 points) - against Sandra R. [3W, 2L on P, 4L on P] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
GYRI (100 points) - against Sylvia C. [2W, 5W used twice]
LAURA (160 points) - against Baz W. [2W, two 4W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}


Learned that Teunis always liked the Shadow, which was apparently one of the main inspirations for THE RED PANDA - nice, nice. I also thought I lost a whole bunch of bookmarks, but they were still on the computer... PHEW! They were in the "Saved Tabs" thing for some reason!


Trivia fact for Monday, July 19: What is black tea known as in China? Red tea - or hong cha. Westerners refer to the tea by the color of its leaves; the Chinese refer to it by the color of the drink.